Kidney transplant chain links strangers across the US

March 17, 2015 12:58 PM

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It all started with one man in Georgia— now, 12 people have donated their kidneys to transplant patients nationwide, MyFoxAtlanta reported.

Six weeks ago, Steve Baumgartner of Roswell, Ga., donated a kidney to a stranger, a man in Ohio. The recipient’s wife gave her kidney to a stranger in Minnesota. That person gave a kidney to a patient in Washington State, whose donor gave a kidney that was flown to Georgia. Now it’s going to Susan E...